Which kit?

I have come full circle on which kit I want. But first, let me give a brief summary on the Big 3:

Stewart-MacDonald: Very limited options, no 14-fret OM. Tuners not included. Instruction manual top notch. Aside from the kits, their stuff is very high. I doubt I will ever buy anything from them.
Martin: Tuners included! Instructions suck. Best bang for buck. Back not joined though.
LMI: Options galore, kit wizard rocks. All things being equal, probably $100 higher than Martin. All those options are amazing, and probably worth it.

That being said, here is my journey over the past 6 weeks.

1) Started with the Martin 000, short scale, Indian Rosewood.
2) Found LMI, got fancy quick with a 000 with Cocobolo B/S.
3) Decided that cocobolo as a first timer (and being very sensitive to poison ivy/oak/sumac) was not good. Decided to go with Camatillo Rosewood instead.
4) The cost was adding up... and the complexity. Leaning toward the Martin Jumbo since Martin is the ONLY one of the big 3 that offers such. Indian Rosewood.
5) Currently thinking Martin OM, standard scale, bolt-on neck. $425. It comes with white plastic bindings and tuners.

I'll set it up like the Fingerstyle 1 OM, 1.75" nut, 2.25" at 12th fret. Ultimately I'd like a long scale 25.7", possibly from LMI in the future. But since this is my first time, I have a lot of tools and other stuff to buy besides the kit... about $650 currently. So that puts the total at about $1100. And that doesn't include the $100-150 I've spent so far on general things like books, a few general purpose clamps, cheap humidity gauge, some 2x4's for my new workbench, cheap laminate router (different project), etc.

If this is successful, the second time around I won't have much of that $650 to spend so I could go a bit fancier with a LMI long scale, camitillo B/S, wood bindings, etc. Who knows, after building one I may have a whole different perspective and decide to build a 10 string or something bizarre... who knows.